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Chapter 3

"How did that nurse heal my wrist so fast?!" Leo, Calypso, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting in the Gryffindor common room. Professor McGonagall had given Harry, Hermione, and Ron permission to explain the wizarding world to Leo and Calypso since they had already been told about Hogwarts by Harry and had seen the paintings in the corridors.

"Wait, let me get this straight," Leo held up his hand. "You're telling me that you live here, for a whole year, to learning magic?! That's freaking AWESOME!"

Ron made a face. "You think it's all fun and cool, but you should see the potions teacher, Snape. He's bloody awful."

Hermione rolled her eyes and looked at Calypso. "So, how did you guys get here? You can't fly; you're too young."

Calypso looked at Leo, who nodded. She sighed. "You wouldn't believe us if we told you." Hermione raised an eyebrow. Calypso sighed again. "Oh, alright. We came on the back of a mechanical dragon named Festus."

Ron stifled a laugh; Hermione nudged him in the ribs, but looked skeptical herself. "Y—you came on a—a mechanical dragon?"

Leo laughed. "We said you wouldn't believe us! Look, I'm half-god, and Calypso is a titan. We crashed here after I killed the earth mother, Gaea, and rescued her off of this island called Ogygia that people are supposed to only be able to go to once." Everyone was staring in complete disbelief at Leo, who laughed again. "I'm a son of the Greek god Hephaestus, if that's why you're staring. Look, you don't have to treat me any different just because I'm famous and awesome."

Calypso rolled her eyes and looked at Harry, Ron, and Hermione's shocked faces. "Look, if you don't believe us, you can go into the forest in front of the castle and see Festus for yourselves."

Harry seemed to perk up at that. "Harry, you know we can't leave the castle after dark," Hermione gave Harry a disapproving glare. "You can go tomorrow."

Harry got up. "Ron, let's get the invisibility cloak." Ron quickly stood up and went upstairs with Harry.

Calypso turned to Hermione. "What does he mean 'the invisibility cloak'?"

Hermione sighed. "Oh, it's this cloak that when you put it on, you turn invisible. Harry likes to use it to go against the rules and explore the school at night. It's useful when we're saving the school from Voldemort, but other than that I hate it when he uses it."

"WHO IS THIS VOLDEMORT DUDE YOU PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT?!" Leo exclaimed.

"SHHHH!" Hermione hissed. "Not so loud! We aren't supposed to say his name. Voldemort was this evil wizard that came to power. He tortured and killed lots of people. You know that scar Harry has on his forehead?" Leo and Calypso nodded. "That's from where Voldemort tried to kill Harry. The spell he used has no counter-curse, and Harry was just a baby. No one knows how he survived, but when Voldemort tried to kill him, the curse rebounded or something because it destroyed Voldemort. He's still alive somewhere, but he has no human form anymore. The three of us have stopped him from coming back two times at Hogwarts."

Just then, Harry and Ron came back downstairs with the cloak. "Harry! You're not allowed to leave the common room!"

"Oh, come off it, Hermione! We'll be right back." Ron said.

"Fine," Hermione huffed. "Oh, Harry, before you go, you missed the announcements before the feast."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Hermione, I'm pretty sure reminders about not going into the Forbidden Forest aren't that important."

"Funny; that's where we're going right now," Ron pointed out. "But there was this really cool announcement about the Triwizard Tournament!"

"The Tri-what?" Leo and Harry said together.

"The Triwizard Tournament is this tournament between three schools," Hermione explained. "It hasn't been done in a century because people kept dying . . . but they've started it back up. Hogwarts is going to be the host. Beaxbatons and Durmstrang are coming in October. You enter, and then a board is going to pick a person from each school to compete in three tasks that test their skills."

Leo gasped. "Why can't I go here? I mean come on this school is awesome. Are you guys gonna enter?"

Harry shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe."

"We can't," Hermione said. "Only students seventeen or older can enter. Dumbledore says it's too dangerous for anyone else."

"It's rubbish if you ask me," Ron said, shrugging. Leo nodded in agreement. "Ready to go?" He said looking over at Harry. "Leo, are you coming? Calypso?"

"I think I'm going to stay here with Hermione," Calypso said. "I don't want to get in trouble when everyone's being so nice in letting us stay here." She looked over at Leo. "You're not going, right, Leo?" She glared at him.

"Uh . . ." Leo looked between Harry, Ron, and Calypso. "You know, we'll be under that cloak thing, so . . . uh . . . I think it will be okay." He smiled and laughed nervously. "See you later?"

Calypso glared at him and huffed. "Fine, but if you get in trouble and we get kicked out, just remember that it's all your fault."

Leo, Harry, and Ron quickly slipped the cloak over them and left the common room.

"This is difficult—OUCH!—that was my foot!" Leo breathed as they shuffled down the corridor.

Going down the stairs was the most difficult as the staircases kept changing and threatening to throw the cloak askew. Leo was sure his leg had been uncovered at least twice.

Finally, the three made it outside, and they switched places so Leo could be in the front to guide the way.

"This way," he said, pointing.

As the boys got closer to where Leo, Calypso, and Festus had crashed, they started to hear metal creaking.

"Festus, buddy, it's us," Leo called. "Stay where you are buddy, we're coming!" Leo was worried about Festus. He didn't do well on his own, and who knew what kind of things were out here.

"Wh—what is that?!" Ron pointed toward the giant crater ahead of them. Something was sticking out of it. "I—Is that a dragon?!"

"A mechanical dragon actually," Leo said, matter-of-factly. "His name is Festus. He lost all his legs in the crash, but I think he's okay. He's pretty tough."

As if in response, Festus made a happy grunt. Harry and Ron hesitated.

"He—He won't bite, right?" Harry asked nervously.

Leo laughed. "Festus is the sweetest dragon you could ever meet." Festus huffed unhappily.

Ron and Harry stepped forward, timidly. Soon, Harry, Ron, and Leo were laughing and petting Festus like he was a little puppy.

"So you need the tools to fix him?" Ron asked as he patted Festus's head.

"Yeah. I don't know how long it will take to fix him. The only thing I know is that I have to reattach his legs. For all I know, his engine could be slowly poisoning him." Festus squeaked in fear. "It's okay, buddy, I'm doubt that's the case." But Leo wasn't sure. That crash had been pretty rough, and the last time he crashed like that, Festus busted into a million pieces.

The next morning, Harry, Ron, Leo, Hermione, and Calypso went down to the Great Hall together for breakfast.

"Ooh, this looks delicious!" Calypso said. She didn't have a lot of good food on Ogygia.

As they were finishing, Professor Dumbledore walked up to them.

"Pardon me, children, but I was wondering if I may talk to Mr. Leo and Ms. Calypso in my office after they have finished their breakfast." He smiled. "I hope you are enjoying it?"

"Oh, it's lovely, thank you," Calypso beamed.

The kids finished eating, and stood to part ways.

"Um . . . where is Dumbledore's office?" Calypso asked Hermione.

"Oh! I'll show you." Hermione gestured to the right. "Come on. It's pretty close. I have to pass the entrance to get to my next class."

Hermione led Leo and Calypso to a spiral staircase. In the middle was a statue of a golden eagle with its wings spread out.

"This leads up to Dumbledore's office." Hermione smiled. "I'll see you guys later!"

Leo and Calypso began to climb, but halfway up, they found they couldn't move any farther.

As they tried in vain to push forward, they heard a voice behind them.

"Sherbert lemon." It was a man's voice, but it was deeper than Harry, Ron, or Dumbledore's. They turned around to see the frightening man they had seen sitting next to Dumbledore the night before. One of his eyes was looking at him, while the other was looking busily above them, towards Dumbledore's office.

"Name's Moody. Now stop gawking and get a move on!"